There won’t be a free Belarus without a free Ukraine
Motivations of Belarusian volunteers fighting for Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12412342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hana Josticova (University of Glasgow, corresponding author), Huseyn Aliyev (0000-0002-3305-5433, University of Glasgow) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 204-221 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Post-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1060586x.2024.2312768 |
| OpenAlex | W4391521780 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
This study examines mobilization motives of Belarusian volunteers participating in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. With an objective to provide an additional explanation as to why individuals mobilize to fight in armed conflicts outside their countries of citizenship, we demonstrate that the pursuit of political objectives in foreign fighters’ home countries may function as an important – yet largely overlooked in the extant literature – mobilization incentive. The need to obtain military training and combat experience required to achieve those political goals may serve as an accompanying motive of becoming a foreign fighter. We draw our empirical data from in-depth ethnographic interviews with members of Belarusian armed formations involved in frontline operations in Ukraine. Alongside its contribution to the understudied topic of Belarusian volunteers in Ukraine, this study has broader implications for research on mobilization motives and objectives of foreign fighters
Economic history · Political science · Ukrainian · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · European Politics and Security · History · Philosophy · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
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| Highly cited | No |